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Help your students find the perfect first job to help them grow their nail business with this handout of questions to ask during the interview and things to observe at the prospective place of employment.

This handout, intended for nail students and newbie nail techs, tells it like it is, with advice from those who've been there on how to create your own success and provides a list of things you may not have realized about the job.

This handout provides the properties of some of the most popular essential oils for nail services, plus some handy tips on working with these aromatic substances.

From flakiness to rudeness to indecision, some clients will inevitably display more less-than-considerate behavior than others.The following are some tips for handling your more challenging clientele and making the salon run as smoothly as possible in spite of bad behavior.

Most clients lean toward one of five basic nail shapes: square, round, oval, squoval, or pointed. Use this handout to help your students decide on the proper shape for each client and to learn some techniques for filing it just right.

While not required to pass the state board exam, nail art is a terrific add-on service for your students to begin learning in school. This handout includes 12 essential nail art strokes, plus 17 beginner designs for them to practice with.

Use this handout to help your students practice basic acrylic application techniques to increase their speed and confidence.

Use this handout to help your students learn how to discuss athlete's foot with clients.

When a client’s hands are in desperate need of maintenance, one of the easiest ways to see improvement is to clean up the cuticles, but cuticle care makes some clients uneasy. Use this handout to teach your students how to reassure clients that their actions are safe.

When a client comes in with a skin condition, it’s up to the nail tech to determine if the best choice is to proceed or reschedule pending a doctor’s release. Eczema — an itchy, red rash — isn’t contagious, but products in the salon could cause a client to react or have a flare-up. That conversation could go something like this.

Nail techs must juggle the task of cleaning, sanitizing, and disinfecting myriad surfaces and items at varying intervals to protect the health and safety of clients and team members. Use this checklist to help your students make the job a little bit easier.

The demands of the job put nail techs at risk of developing chronic pain in their shoulders and back. Teach your students how proper posture can combat the risk by reducing muscle strain and fatigue.